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Most of those launches carry around 17 metric tons (about 37,500 pounds) of usable payload mass.
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ArsTechnica, 15 June 2025
And the company still hasn't announced what New Glenn — which can haul 50 tons (45 metric tons) of payload to low Earth orbit (LEO) — will carry on the test flight.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 June 2025
Getting back to the House version of the Reconciliation Bill, its impact will be to increase US greenhouse gas emissions by roughly a half billion metric tons per year by 2030 and more than 1 billion metric tons per year by 2035 – the equivalent of adding 219 million cars to the road.
—Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
What To Know Scientists documented more than 37 million metric tons of sargassum in May 2025, shattering previous records set just two years earlier, said USF's lab.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
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ArsTechnica, 15 June 2025
And the company still hasn't announced what New Glenn — which can haul 50 tons (45 metric tons) of payload to low Earth orbit (LEO) — will carry on the test flight.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 June 2025
Getting back to the House version of the Reconciliation Bill, its impact will be to increase US greenhouse gas emissions by roughly a half billion metric tons per year by 2030 and more than 1 billion metric tons per year by 2035 – the equivalent of adding 219 million cars to the road.
—Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
What To Know Scientists documented more than 37 million metric tons of sargassum in May 2025, shattering previous records set just two years earlier, said USF's lab.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
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“Metric ton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metric%20ton. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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